ALT View of the CLOUD experiment (image: CERN)

ALT CERN’s impact extends far beyond the boundaries of fundamental research, from education to collaboration between nations, and including applications for space, medicine, energy and electronics (Credit: CERN, Mars Bioimaging and Axiom Space)

ALT François Englert during a visit to CERN in 2014 (Image: CERN)

ALT At the Breakthrough Prize ceremony on April 18, 2026, left to right: Brookhaven National Laboratory Interim Director John Hill, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) physicist Chris Polly, Boston University physicist Lee Roberts, Fermilab Director Emeritus Young-Kee Kim, CERN Director General Mark Thompson, University of Washington physicist David Hertzog, and Brookhaven Lab physicist William Morse. (Courtesy of Kat Morse)